Will wrote:
>
> Brian Mailman wrote:
>
>> Ah, ok. You're positing the oft misunderstood 'survival of the fittest'
>> as accelerated because of the fast reproductive cycles.
>
> Well... I said higher up in the thread my response would be
> controversial.

It's not controversial.... that SotF is not a determinant but a pressure
is pretty much established.

>> If commercially yeasted doughs rise at 38 degrees, I don't understand
>> why sourdough cultures which are much more hardy would not survive.
>
> I didn't say they would not survive, I said they would drift.

Your theory of "drift" is based on non-survival of some, which
implies--actually rather demands, survival of others.

Or else we're back to LaMarckism?

> My experience with cultures stored in the refrigerator suggests they are
> less good than cultures stored 30 degrees F. warmer. YMMV.

What is "less good?"

Have you reproduced those results with another operator (i.e., someone
else) or have you considered a certain ... er ... ummm.... style of
technique could be the cause of your results?

B/